Embedding Data in HTML

Many sites have lists of events. With Schema.org, these events can show up in Rich Snippets. Using Google Maps, a map of the events can also be provided.

description

If HTML data is used, the author can get both of these benefits without having to actually understand the code. They can copy/paste an Event example, replace the example data with their own, and use the jQuery plugin jquery-ui-maps, which can parse both microdata and RDFa to get the data.

discussion

Because HTML data formats were used with Schema.org, the content author gets two for the price of one: Rich Snippets and cut-and-paste use of a jQuery plugin.